Law of health education on first aid

Pawłowski Witold, Goniewicz Krzysztof, Goniewicz Mariusz, Misztal Okońska Patrycja, Lasota Dorota. Law of health education on first aid. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(6):186-195. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1256528 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5539 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/866389 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.05.2018. Revised: 18.05.2018. Accepted: 31.05.2018. Law of health education on first aid Witold Pawłowski¹, Krzysztof Goniewicz¹,², Mariusz Goniewicz³, Patrycja Misztal Okońska³, Dorota Lasota4 ¹ Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Disaster Medicine ² Polish Air Force Academy, Faculty of National Security and Logistics ³ Medical University of Lublin, Department of Emergency Medicine 4Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Abstract Polish law requires all citizens to take action in order to assist in any case, where exist the danger of loss of life and serious bodily injury of victim, even if they can prove to be ineffective. Everyone can become a participant and / or witnessed of the events where human life is endangered. Therefore everyone should have the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in first aid, and know the consequences of inaction in the event of danger to life or health of another human being. The research presents an analysis of legal acts regulating the provision of first aid in Poland. An attempt was made to organize the interpretation presented ideas to the presented material was help and guidance for trainers in first aid. Particular emphasis is placed on the realization, that not helping the man appearing in the position of threatening an imminent danger of death or grievous bodily injury commits a crime by omission. However, first aid in their duties diligently, in accordance with the current guidelines will not conflict with the law. Keywords: first aid, law, educatio